PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-25 Thread Jerry Gilliam
This case has timed-out with no objections and is thereby approved. -jg

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-19 Thread Seth Goldberg
Quoting Alan Coopersmith, who wrote the following on Fri, 15 Jan 2010: Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: We do know what it does. Re-design is perhaps a stronger term than was appropriate here. Enrico was collapsing what were originally two daemons into one yesterday. He was primarily offering that

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-18 Thread edward shu
srn is for userland consumption. The primary difference between srn and SIGTHAW, is that it provides syncronous access, so that it can also be used for suspend notification. If all you care about is a notification that resume is complete, SIGTHAW is sufficient. If you also want

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2010-01-18 Thread edward shu
Jan Setje-Eilers: Garrett D'Amore wrote: Edward Shu wrote: I think there are two concepts to be clarified, VGA text console and VESA text console. VGA text console is the legacy way. In this proposal, you may mean the VESA text console when text console is mentioned, that emulates the

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2010-01-18 Thread Enrico Perla
edward shu wrote: Jan Setje-Eilers: Garrett D'Amore wrote: Edward Shu wrote: I think there are two concepts to be clarified, VGA text console and VESA text console. VGA text console is the legacy way. In this proposal, you may mean the VESA text console when text console is mentioned,

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2010-01-18 Thread Enrico Perla
edward shu wrote: srn is for userland consumption. The primary difference between srn and SIGTHAW, is that it provides syncronous access, so that it can also be used for suspend notification. If all you care about is a notification that resume is complete, SIGTHAW is sufficient. If

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2010-01-15 Thread Edward Shu
I think there are two concepts to be clarified, VGA text console and VESA text console. VGA text console is the legacy way. In this proposal, you may mean the VESA text console when text console is mentioned, that emulates the text output with the VESA graphics mode. As VESA is a generic

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2010-01-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
What is the method credential section of the SMF manifest used to start the vbios service ? ie what user/group id does it run as and what privileges(5) does it require. Does this case indirectly (or directly) solve the problems of suspend and resume for systems with ATI graphics cards ? --

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2010-01-15 Thread Jan Setje-Eilers
Garrett D'Amore wrote: Edward Shu wrote: I think there are two concepts to be clarified, VGA text console and VESA text console. VGA text console is the legacy way. In this proposal, you may mean the VESA text console when text console is mentioned, that emulates the text output with the

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2010-01-15 Thread Aaron Zang
2.4) Resetting frame buffer state on exit from X On exit X will generally attempt to restore the mode the card was in before it started. While some native drivers do restore enough state to reset a VESA mode properly, a number do not. Since it is impractical to test and fix

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2010-01-15 Thread Aaron Zang
On 01/15/10 14:50, Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: Aaron Zang wrote: 2.4) Resetting frame buffer state on exit from X On exit X will generally attempt to restore the mode the card was in before it started. While some native drivers do restore enough state to reset a VESA mode properly,

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2010-01-15 Thread Enrico Perla
Edward Shu wrote: I think there are two concepts to be clarified, VGA text console and VESA text console. VGA text console is the legacy way. In this proposal, you may mean the VESA text console when text console is mentioned, that emulates the text output with the VESA graphics mode.

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-15 Thread Enrico Perla
Darren J Moffat wrote: What is the method credential section of the SMF manifest used to start the vbios service ? ie what user/group id does it run as and what privileges(5) does it require. It runs as root and needs to open /dev/xsvc to map the BIOS image. After that, it needs to be able to

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-15 Thread Enrico Perla
Darren J Moffat wrote: Enrico Perla wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: What is the method credential section of the SMF manifest used to start the vbios service ? ie what user/group id does it run as and what privileges(5) does it require. It runs as root and needs to open /dev/xsvc to map the

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-15 Thread Jan Setje-Eilers
Darren J Moffat wrote: Enrico Perla wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: What is the method credential section of the SMF manifest used to start the vbios service ? ie what user/group id does it run as and what privileges(5) does it require. It runs as root and needs to open /dev/xsvc to map the

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2010-01-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: Enrico Perla wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: What is the method credential section of the SMF manifest used to start the vbios service ? ie what user/group id does it run as and what privileges(5) does it require. It runs as root and needs to

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-15 Thread Jan Setje-Eilers
Darren J Moffat wrote: Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: Enrico Perla wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: What is the method credential section of the SMF manifest used to start the vbios service ? ie what user/group id does it run as and what privileges(5) does it require. It runs

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-15 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: We do know what it does. Re-design is perhaps a stronger term than was appropriate here. Enrico was collapsing what were originally two daemons into one yesterday. He was primarily offering that he'd be happy to make additional changes if you had some smart ideas about

PSARC/2009/415 Bitmapped Console [Fasttrack timeout 01/22/2010]

2010-01-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: The case reflects the single daemon. In fact combining them was driven by the inevitable reaction that multiple daemons would provoke. Thanks that wasn't obvious to me initially. In that case my questions have been answers to my satisfaction. -- Darren J Moffat

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2010-01-15 Thread Jan Setje-Eilers
Randy Fishel wrote: On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Enrico Perla wrote: 2.6) Resetting frame buffer state on suspend/resume Since userland must be running for vbiosd to reset the mode, the mode can not be reset directly as part of the resume entries. Rather another thread in the daemon, is

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2010-01-15 Thread Randy Fishel
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Enrico Perla wrote: 2.6) Resetting frame buffer state on suspend/resume Since userland must be running for vbiosd to reset the mode, the mode can not be reset directly as part of the resume entries. Rather another thread in the daemon, is invoked that is

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2010-01-14 Thread Jerry Gilliam
I am sponsoring the following fast-track on behalf of Jan Setje-Eilers with a time-out of 01/22/2010. The project desires minor binding. -- Bitmapped ConsolePSARC/2009/415 1) Summary The Bitmapped Console brings Support for higher resolutions and color

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2010-01-14 Thread Jan Setje-Eilers
Aaron Zang wrote: 2.4) Resetting frame buffer state on exit from X On exit X will generally attempt to restore the mode the card was in before it started. While some native drivers do restore enough state to reset a VESA mode properly, a number do not. Since it is impractical